Inventory Management of Medical Equipment Vendors under the Uncertain Demand

Lu Shi; Xin Ma

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.225-226.1129

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Inventory Management of Medical Equipment Vendors under the Uncertain Demand

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The remarkable interest in the supply chain management related research in the last decade has been due to its potential to improve the efficiency of operations and reduce cost. Vendor managed inventory is an integrated approach for market patricians coordination according to which the vendor decides on the appropriate inventory levels within bounds. The coordination problem for a two stage supply chain composed of a medical equipment supplier and a retailer is considered in this paper. The inventory management of medical equipment vendors under the uncertain demand is analysis and the model is designed, the variables of shortage cost and inventories cost are derived on the two cases with the demand fluctuations and the results are also discussed.

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Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 225-226)

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Lu Shi, Xin Ma

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Medical Equipment Supply, Strategy Analysis, Uncertain Demand, Vendor Managed Inventory

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